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Ted Johnson and M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska discuss modern American patriotism, past anniversaries, and how this 250th anniversary can spur change.
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The New Black Politics
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Ted Cruz says he’d get rid of the Department of Education. Alexander Holt wonders what that would actually entail.